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The Bend City Council plans to declare a vacancy on the Council on Jan. 4, 2023, when Melanie Kebler becomes Mayor. Because Kebler was elected as Mayor in the middle of her four-year Council term, her move to the Mayor's seat vacates the remaining two years of her seat on the Council (Position 1). The Council Position 1 term expires in December 2024. The Bend Charter requires that a vacancy on the Council be filled within 30 days of declaring the vacancy by a Council appointment. Council Rules describe the process for filling a vacancy. In consideration of the timeline, Council will b...

Two new Bend city councilors were appointed Thursday, filling the vacancies left from the resignations of Sally Russell and Rita Schenkelberg. According to a City of Bend news release: Stephen Sehgal, who has worked as a Victim Advocate for Deschutes County District Attorney's Office since 2019, volunteers on the District Attorney Office's Diversity Equity and Inclusion team and is a member of the City's Human Right and Equity Commission. To the question "Why are you interested in serving on the City Council?" Sehgal wrote: "I believe a City Council member should ...

Bend City Councilors declared two Council vacancies at their May 18 meeting, triggering a selection process that is open to community members interested in being appointed to the Bend City Council for the remainder of this year. In separate announcements, Mayor Sally Russell and Councilor Rita Schenkelberg publicized that they both were resigning and that the May 18 Council meeting would be their final meeting. During the May 18 meeting, Councilors appointed Mayor Pro-Tem Gena Goodman-Campbell as the new Mayor. Councilors then chose Anthony Broadman to serve as the new Mayor Pro-Tem. Goodman-C...